We are pleased to announce that the Laureate of the 2024 MRS-Serbia Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering is Prof. Dr. Vladimir P. Torchilin.

 He is awarded for his achievements in the area of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine.

 Prof. Dr. Vladimir P. Torchilin

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This is the decision of the MRS-Serbia Executive Board:

The Executive Board of the MRS-Serbia Presidency at their online meeting held on February 15^th, 2024, considered the submitted nomination for the MRS-Serbia’s 2024 Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering and concluded that the procedure was conducted in accordance with the Awarding Rulebook, that the Call was announced on the MRS-Serbia’s website on December 31^st, 2023, and that in the stipulated period of 45 days only one nomination was submitted.

Having received the opinion from the Expert Committee members: Prof. Dr. Dragan Uskoković (President of MRS-Serbia), Prof. Dr. Yury Gogotsi (Chair of YUCOMAT Conferences International Advisory Board and 2021 Laureate), Prof. Dr. Robert Sinclair (Honorary Chair of YUCOMAT Conferences International Advisory Board and 2020 Laureate), Prof. Dr. Dejan Raković (Vice-President of MRS-Serbia), Prof. Dr. Slobodan Milonjić (President of the Council and Member of the Presidency of MRS-Serbia), Prof.Dr.Nenad Ignjatović (Member of the Presidency and Secretary General of MRS-Serbia) Prof. Dr. Ivan Božović (2015 Laureate), Prof. Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novaković (2016 Laureate), Prof. Dr.Velimir Radmilović (2017 Laureate), Prof. Dr. László Forró (2018 Laureate) Prof. Danilo Suvorov (2019 Laureate), Prof. Dr. Richard W. Siegel (2022 Laureate) and Prof. Dr. Knut Urban (2023 Laureate), the Executive Board of the MRS-Serbia Presidency took the decision that Prof. Dr. Vladimir P. Torchilin should be granted MRS-Serbia’s 2024 Award for a Lasting and Outstanding Contribution to Materials Science and Engineering.

Prof. Torchilin was strongly supported by  Prof. Dr. Dragan Uskoković, Dr. Slobodan Milonjić, Prof. Dr. Velimir Radmilović, Prof. Dr. Dejan Raković, Prof. Dr. Nenad Ignjatović, Prof. Dr. Djordje Janaćković and Dr. Vuk Uskoković.

Prof. Torchilin's Honorary Plenary lecture will be presented during the Opening Ceremony of the 25th MRS-Serbia Annual Conference YUCOMAT 2024, starting at 9.00 am on Monday, September 2^nd, 2024.

President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Dragan Uskoković
    Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Velimir Radmilović
Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Dejan Raković
Vice-President of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Smilja Marković
General Secretary of MRS-Serbia, Prof. Dr. Nenad Ignjatović